Car stop leads to drug arrests

Posted: Friday, January 16, 2004

Tony Raymond Ouzts, 34, of 3230-D Lexington Road was arrested on drug and weapons charges Wednesday after his car was stopped for a motor vehicle violation and his residence was later searched, Athens-Clarke police said.

An officer who knew Ouzts to have a suspended license stopped him on a local street at about 2:55 p.m., at which time a stolen handgun was found, according to police.

A search of his residence turned up a quantity of marijuana and cash, which were seized, and resulted in the arrest of another resident, Tammy Lynn Gay, 17, on a charge of possession of marijuana, police said.

A search warrant was subsequently executed at a storage unit on Gaines School Road, where methamphetamine, marijuana and LSD were found, police said.

Charges on Ouzts were pending consultation with the U.S. Attorney's Office, police said.